Canoe Trip

Please bring in your permission slips. From last Friday we decided to spend some of the fundraiser money to defray the costs of the trip and we've found canoes (cutting down on rentals) AT MOST it will be $22 though we have plenty raised from equal exchange sales.

Permission slips from Harris in room 314

Description of the trip here along with packing list: CLICK HERE

Directions:
General plan YESS Club Canoe Trip 31 May to 1 June 2008:
Start 9 AM Saturday: Meet between 8:30 and 9 at Vaughn St. put in for the Nemasket. A shuttle car will take the tents and camp bags to the KOA. The group will paddle down the Nemasket (taking to portages – keep the packing LIGHT). Stop for the night just beyond Oliver Mill park (Mattuck) at the KOA.

After camping for the evening, we will have a decent breakfast, pack and put in by around 9:30. We’ll canoe on the flat-water stretches of the Nemasket into the Taunton and paddle to early afternoon pick-up in Taunton. We’ll aim to be at the take out between 1:30 to 2. We’ll unpack and parents will pick you up there at 2.

Directions to Vaughn St. put in:
1. From High School head east on E Grove St/RT-28 towards Cumberland farms store 0.3 mi
2. Turn right at Wood St 0.7 mi
3. Turn left to stay on Wood St 1.3 mi
4. Turn right at Vaughan St 0.6 mi

Directions to South Street take out (very hard to park – please pull in head first to save room for other parents).
1 From High School head west on E Grove St/RT-28 toward Fairview St 3.3 mi
2. At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto Harding St/US-44 W Continue to follow US-44 W
4.2 mi
3. Turn left at Orchard St 0.3 mi
4. Slight left at South St E 1.2 mi

(Alternate take-out. Weir Waterfront park is a bit farther down the river, in some of the more scenic areas bordering Rehoboth and rural sections. IF the group has a sufficient pace and we can reach it there is a much nicer take out area with more parking we will call the parents to let them know this is the plan).
1. From High School head west on E Grove St/RT-28 toward Fairview St 3.3 mi
2. At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto Harding St/US-44 W Continue to follow US-44 W
6.7 mi
3. Slight left at Church Grn 0.1 mi
4. Continue on Spring St 0.1 mi
5. Turn right at Spring Ln 0.1 mi
6. Turn left at RT-138/Weir St Continue to follow Weir St 0.9 mi
7. Turn left at Plain St 299 ft
8. Turn right at E Water St 0.2 mi

The Trash Sculpture

Set out before the town meeting. We've heard quite a bit of feed back all positive. Very interesting idea. Well done for all that helped, and special thanks to the Ms. Duggin and Ms. Antil for hosting the trash Monday night to Tuesday.

YESS CLUB MEETING 4/4

- Trashy Fashion Show set up at 5:00!
- Models arrive at 6:00!

-Bake Sale at Fashion Show
Christina: Beverages
Sam & Audrey: Cookies
Sra. McGurk: Brownies
Jordan: Rice Crispies
Courtney: Paper Cups
Teisha: Beverages
Rachel: Pretzels
Mr. Harris: Iced Tea

- Soule Homestead Greenhousing trip: Wednesday, April 16th

- Trash Sculpture Sculpting: Tues. April 8th
For Earth Day

BR Field Trip?

Officer Meeting March 28

I.Planting/Greenhousing
-Wednesday greenhousing @ Soule Homestead. Please have permission slip get one from Mr. Harris.
II.Envirothon meeting:NEXT FRIDAY AFTER SCHOOL.
III. Tuesday: Sculpture meeting! If you are in the Trashy Fashion show then there will be rehearsal, others will be working on the Trash Sculpture.
IV. Reminder: Trashy Fashion show is in 2 weeks on April 11th
V. Monday after school Make flyers for trashy fashion show with used paper.

If you think your child is wearing trashy clothes, think again. Middleboro High School students are designing and creating their own original designs from recycled materials, and will be showcasing them at a "trashy" fashion show. The purpose if this show is to make teenagers and their parents realize that they don't have to spend all kinds of money on clothes. The students also hope to spread the idea of going green. These students have been working diligently for months and are excited to show off what they have come up with. The YESS club (youth environmental social society) developed the idea back in November and have been working ever since. The fashion show will be held on Friday April 11th at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Early Childhood Center (The old junior high, or 219 North Main Street.)

Meeting 3/14/08

Fundraiser: We made almost $300
Trashy Fashion Show:Rehearsal for models on Thursday 3/20
*Designers see Audrey Brown and start working!
Trash Pick-Up:Wednesday 3/19
Sculpture Ideas:TREE
Garden Guy:We will be growing a garden over the summer at soule homestead. The food will be donated to a food pantry. If you are interested in putting in a few hours a week during the summer see an officer.
Planned veggies:
Tomatoes Lettuce Peas Beans Carrots in communal plot: Cukes, Potatoes, Winter squash, Summer Squash
We'll head over to Soule on Weds. 3/26 to help set up green house if anyone is interest see Mr. Harris for field trip form. (Harris's car has had muffler fixed so it shouldn't be so scary this time). Soule Homestead 508 947 6744
T-Shirts:We still have some left, so if you are interested see Sam DiJune or Christina Ransom.
*Attendance is pretty good, but everyone should still be recruiting!
Camping Trip:We are aiming to ''live off the land'' and document it. This will be sometime in late May or early June. We are hiring a guide for the day and will spend the night. Cost is $40+. First come first serve basis.
*Anyone with a canoe, talk to Mr. Harris!!

7 March

quick notes:
camping May 17th? (limit to 15 or so participants)

Fashion show at the TEAMS - keep it to a display

Large meeting next Friday - publicize by rumor and word of mouth! Tom Petty may be there.

Friday executive poobah meeting

We came, we scattered and sold "remnants" from fundraiser.

Need to deal with:
Some designers didn't get notices (Harris passed it to teachers who may or may not have passed it on).

We have some camping ideas. Would people be interested in a 2-3 day canoe trip down the Nemasket/Taunton river? (Two days if we start at Oliver Mills, one day/afternoon more if we camp at KOA in Middleboro Friday night). Need to reserve/get permission for camp sites soon.
Costs may be in $30-$50 each for the weekend. (Using Canoe Passage Outfitters).

The TEAMs fair has invited us to share the trashy fashion designs the day after the fashion show. On one hand everything will be done. On the other people will be burned out. We could create a display (and slide show) in stead of strutting the designs? Any thoughts? Quickly please.

- Mr. H

2/15 Meeting

I.Trashy Fashion Show
A. Designers have been assigned their models
a. They will contact their models to get sizes, etc

B. Date is April 11th, designs should be done by at least a week before.
C. Please help publicize! Tell your friends/families/aquaintences.
II.Trash Picking
A.Trash pickup-Wednesday, Feb 27th
B. We will be sculpting the trash at some point, so if you have any ideas, sketch something out and give it to Teisha.
III. Envirothon
>Courtney, Christina, Teisha, Sam, Jordan, Erica, Elissa
-->If there is any other interest, let us know
March 15-->Ecotarium:seminar
IV. Fundraiser-due today. Contact Mr. Harris or Christina asap if you didnt pass it in because they are being sent out today.
V. Attendance-Attendance has been lacking. Please try to attend because meetings will only be held the 2nd Friday of each month now. We will need help devising the Envirothon project.
VI. April 12th: 10-4 @ Ted Williams Camp TEAMS green fair

Test Post

Notes from the Trashy Fashion Show meeting Weds., 13 February

We have penciled in April 11th at 7 at the Early Childhood Center auditorium as the date.

We will need to arrive earlier that afternoon to set up (perhaps have dinner there) with all staff there and ready well ahead of time.

Publicity would be best if send out a calendar listing soon and a full press release by March 21st. It would be great if this press release had artist's statments and pictures of some designs.

Jordan will set up a picture/designing/sewing session to document how to create a trashy fashion (for a slide show on the evening of the show).

Jordan will team up models and designers.